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steve? >> the big take away michelle bachmann established herself as a candidate and needs to be talked about as a first tier candidate. the end of this process here in ames, means the end of mitt romney's strategy to run a general election strategy. he can no longer afford to do that. he has rick perry to beat him with a write-in vote and michelle bachmann who looks formidable . what mitt romney got when he actively participated four years ago he took away 31 percent of the vote and he had not had people on the ground and they made phone calls. three percent is a small number for somebody who is a national front runner. >> karen pawlenty said he moved up and he was seventh and moved up to third, but the bottom line for all of the organization and time he put here, this is disappointing. >> the bord collapse is not too strong to apply to where he stands out. it opens a huge opportunity for rick perry and a larger lesson to take away from this. this year in this state, passion trumps organiza
steve? >> the big take away michelle bachmann established herself as a candidate and needs to be talked about as a first tier candidate. the end of this process here in ames, means the end of mitt romney's strategy to run a general election strategy. he can no longer afford to do that. he has rick perry to beat him with a write-in vote and michelle bachmann who looks formidable . what mitt romney got when he actively participated four years ago he took away 31 percent of the vote and he...
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steve centanni has been monitoring the chatter. joins us with more on the blame game. >> reporter: lots of chatter. democrats and republicans blaming each other. david beers of standard & poor's says it is neither party. it is the financial and political landscape. he says it is a question of the worldwide economy too. >> a lot of what is worrying the markets is the unfolding story in europe. also, a perception a global perspective that the world economy may be slowing. i think the markets are reacting to a lot of factors not just what s&p said friday. >> reporter: beers suggest another downgrade is not out of the question. he predicts the debt burden of the u.s. government will continue rising for some years to come. for the political finger-pointing it 10 to be harsh with senator kerry laying the blame squarely on the tea party. >> there were some people in the republican party being, and mitch mcconnell admitted this, who wanted to default. he said there were people in his party who were willing to shoot the hostage. in the end
steve centanni has been monitoring the chatter. joins us with more on the blame game. >> reporter: lots of chatter. democrats and republicans blaming each other. david beers of standard & poor's says it is neither party. it is the financial and political landscape. he says it is a question of the worldwide economy too. >> a lot of what is worrying the markets is the unfolding story in europe. also, a perception a global perspective that the world economy may be slowing. i think...
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steve, good to have you with us. >> nice being here, thank you. >> martha: steve, what do people need from you folks the most? >> right now, they need sheltering and feed going the things we are doing right now. we have 30 shelters open on long island. we are feeding those people. the next couple of days we will be opening feeding centers for people who don't have power. apparently that will be a large problem. >> martha: how many would you say you have in the shelters right now? >> right now we have 4,000. 4,000 of your favorite friends sleeping next to you. >> martha: how many people evacuated and came to the shelters as you would expect and help they would do? how many may still be stuck in their homes without food and power? >> i'm still in my hotel room. i can only tell you that i have spoken to people all over the island. there are a lot of people on long beach which is right on the water, who are stuck in their homes. >> martha: we are looking at pictures of that area now steve. you can see if they stay, they are in a tough situation. there's water right up to the doorways. >>
steve, good to have you with us. >> nice being here, thank you. >> martha: steve, what do people need from you folks the most? >> right now, they need sheltering and feed going the things we are doing right now. we have 30 shelters open on long island. we are feeding those people. the next couple of days we will be opening feeding centers for people who don't have power. apparently that will be a large problem. >> martha: how many would you say you have in the shelters...
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steve haste, senior writer for the weekly standard. karen, national political correspondent for the "washington post." and jeff, national political correspondent for the "new york times." steve, anecdotally, what are you hearing? what's it feel like? >> there is an incredible amount of support here for michelle bachman. the line to her tent from early this morning when i got here at 10:00 a.m. throughout the entire day has been long, sometimes the wait was more than an hour just to get into her tent and talk to people. >> bret: i'm going to interrupt you. i went over there. it's one at a time. you have to sign the thing and it's not -- true. >> bret: the tim pawlenty where you walk through the gate. you have to register. maybe that's why the line was so long. >> but the amount of people spilling out of her tent. >> i think looking around, this is not a scientific way of doing it. but looking at the number of supporters, the people wearing her purple bracelets, all of the things suggest that she's going to have a very good result. >> we
steve haste, senior writer for the weekly standard. karen, national political correspondent for the "washington post." and jeff, national political correspondent for the "new york times." steve, anecdotally, what are you hearing? what's it feel like? >> there is an incredible amount of support here for michelle bachman. the line to her tent from early this morning when i got here at 10:00 a.m. throughout the entire day has been long, sometimes the wait was more than an...
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steve, how is the white house reacting? >> well, heather, the white house press secretary jay carney put out a statement that did not specifically mention the downgrade, but talked about the circumstances that led to the downgrade. he said in a statement, i'll quote part of it, the bipartisan compromise, that compromise on deficit reduction was important step in the right direction, yet the path to getting there took too long and was at times too divisive. we must do better to make clear our nation's will of capacity and commitment to work together to tackle our major fiscal and economic challenges. so that's the reaction from the white house. the president himself has had no statement so far. >> heather: there is a flood of reaction, to say the least, from capitol hill. what are we hearing so far? >> from republicans, no shortage of criticism for the president and his administration, as you can imagine. senator jim demint is calling for the resignation of treasury secretary timothy geithner and the house speaker, john boeh
steve, how is the white house reacting? >> well, heather, the white house press secretary jay carney put out a statement that did not specifically mention the downgrade, but talked about the circumstances that led to the downgrade. he said in a statement, i'll quote part of it, the bipartisan compromise, that compromise on deficit reduction was important step in the right direction, yet the path to getting there took too long and was at times too divisive. we must do better to make clear...
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what does steve forbes think he joins us to talk about it. great to see you today. >> good to be with you, shannon. >> at this point the market having a rough ride in recent weeks. are they driving the fear or simply reflecting it? >> they are reflecting to the banking crisis in europe and the inability of the europeans to deal with their own sovereign debt crisis in unlike 20 years ago when we dealt with the latin american debt crisis. also here at home the president is still sticking with his failed policies. he will have another unveiling after labor day. so far there is no indication that he will alter his course. he calls upon john boehner the speaker to come down and talk. he has done that before. as boehner says the president keeps moving the goal post every time they get near an agreement. the same old same old. i think the market overreacted. wise investors now start to get into the market realizing there will be a lot of turbulence to come but in a year or so this country is going to turn for the better. and by the way, shannon, we
what does steve forbes think he joins us to talk about it. great to see you today. >> good to be with you, shannon. >> at this point the market having a rough ride in recent weeks. are they driving the fear or simply reflecting it? >> they are reflecting to the banking crisis in europe and the inability of the europeans to deal with their own sovereign debt crisis in unlike 20 years ago when we dealt with the latin american debt crisis. also here at home the president is still...
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steve centanni is live in washington. i know you are monitoring what they are saying this morning. a lot of finger-pointing, right? >> reporter: absolutely. one party blaming the other. a member of standard & poor's appeared and said no one party is to blame. >> this is really not about either political party. it is about the difficulty of all sides in finding a consensus around fiscal policy choices now and in the future. >> reporter: beers said congress and the white house are jointly responsible for our fiscal policy. >> jamie: i'm sure nobody in washington wants to deal with this. but it affects everybody the reputation and future not only of the president and the administration, but everybody in congress. how are they reacting this morning? defensive or optimistic that this is the right move for our future? >> reporter: as always, you have division on that. house budget committee chairman paul ryan agrees with beers, no one party is to blame. but says it is likely everyone will suffer as a result. >> i'm not very surprised at this downgrade. we more or less saw this coming, be
steve centanni is live in washington. i know you are monitoring what they are saying this morning. a lot of finger-pointing, right? >> reporter: absolutely. one party blaming the other. a member of standard & poor's appeared and said no one party is to blame. >> this is really not about either political party. it is about the difficulty of all sides in finding a consensus around fiscal policy choices now and in the future. >> reporter: beers said congress and the white...
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. >> steve: we are watching local coverage. we had tips there might be a problem with this dam. i tell you the governor of the state of new york tour this had dam and did an inspection earlier today. their reporter is on the line with us, middleberg new york. what do you know about this situation that has some people believe there may have been a real problem with this dam. >> hi, there. i'm with the family. we are all a road here which is flooded on the north end and south end. we are stuck but middleberg has been evacuated where i am. we heard the gilboa dam sirens going off just about an hour ago and people have been trained. they hear that sound and it's scary for them. however, we are -- we understand that the dam has not been compromised at this point. that was precautionary measure because they lost contract with the folks over at the dam that are monitoring the situation. obviously we have been pummeled the rain has gone on for hours. like i said, i'm here with some families, residents here on the road in middleberg. we are stuck, two-mile stretch of road north bend and
. >> steve: we are watching local coverage. we had tips there might be a problem with this dam. i tell you the governor of the state of new york tour this had dam and did an inspection earlier today. their reporter is on the line with us, middleberg new york. what do you know about this situation that has some people believe there may have been a real problem with this dam. >> hi, there. i'm with the family. we are all a road here which is flooded on the north end and south end. we...
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. >> steve centanni, thanks for that report. >> americans now considered a riskier investment than canada. more than a dozen countries have the rating including france, germany and great britain. america joins new zealand and belgium just a notch above spain. china and japan at aa-. >> billionaire warren buffet is speaking out saying the downgrade doesn't make sense. he says he's not worried about the american economy at all. if there were quadruple a rating he would give the u.s. that. buffet's company berkshire hathaway has 40 billion dollars in short treasury bills he has no plans to sell. he doesn't expect the downgrade to have much effect on the markets monday. >> how will this downgrade affect the already volatile market when it reopens monday. lauren, good to see you, what do you expect? >> all i have to say is pack your dramamine if you are an investor monday. it is going to be another wild ride. the past two weeks have been volatile. we've been up and down and in between. here's the thing, standard & poor's did this downgrade friday evening. it was smart of them. now investors ha
. >> steve centanni, thanks for that report. >> americans now considered a riskier investment than canada. more than a dozen countries have the rating including france, germany and great britain. america joins new zealand and belgium just a notch above spain. china and japan at aa-. >> billionaire warren buffet is speaking out saying the downgrade doesn't make sense. he says he's not worried about the american economy at all. if there were quadruple a rating he would give the...
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steve centani is live in washington. so the blame game in washington, what does the s&p say about that >> david beard says no one party is to blame of the down grading. >> this is not about either political party. it's about the difficulty of all sides in finding a consensus around fiscal policy choices. now and in the future. >> reporter: both congress and the white house are jointly responsible for our fiscal policy. >> heather: and how are are members of congress reacting? >> they agree no one party is to blame but it's likely everyone will suffer as a result. >>> that is very surprised of the downgrade, we saw it coming. we'll find out tomorrow what kind of spike in rates we're going to get. but obviously does it affect the federal government but it hurts people. >> reporter: ryan predicts interest rates on home loans and car loans will rise. he says because washington is not gotten the fiscal house in order. democrats disagree that month one party is to blame and they are not shy about naming who is responsible. >>
steve centani is live in washington. so the blame game in washington, what does the s&p say about that >> david beard says no one party is to blame of the down grading. >> this is not about either political party. it's about the difficulty of all sides in finding a consensus around fiscal policy choices. now and in the future. >> reporter: both congress and the white house are jointly responsible for our fiscal policy. >> heather: and how are are members of congress...
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steve thank you so much from ames . fox news channel is your home for the ames straw poll vote. tune in at 5:00 eastern for a special report from life from iowa and huckabee at eight and hanity at nine . one magazine and a great controversy calling michelle bachmann the queen of rage. even sarah palin, the former alaska government. is this unfair in liz prada will give her take next. >> i look at the headline. queen of rage is worse than the picture. i don't think every day americans. if they think she is the queen of rage, not at all. i wasn't eating well. she's a dietitian. and she suggested i try boost complete nutritional drink to help get the nutrition i was missing. now i drink it everyday, and i love the great new taste. [ female announcer ] boost has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to help keep bones strong and 10 grams of protein help maintain muscle. and boost has the taste that's preferred. your favorite patient is here! [ dad ] i choose being strong and active. i choose new and improved boost. >> welcome back. queen of rage. that's
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steve centanni live in washington with the latest. >> the president hasn't made any statements yet about this. but his press secretary, jay carney, has, by putting out a paper statement on the president's behalf and without making any direct reference to that s & p action downgrading our credit rating, carney talked about the president's intentions. he said, quote, over the coming weeks, the president will strongly encourage the bipartisan fiscal committee, as well as all members of congress to put our common commitments to a stronger recovery and sounder long-term fiscal path above our ideological differences differes we must do better our intentions to work together. >> thanks very much. >> arthel: we got it. here is -- concerns over what this downgrade means for them. will americans now start seeing interest rates rising on everything from credit cards to car loans? elizabeth mcdonald from the "fox business" network to break it all down. you guys have been really busy over there. let's start here. first of all, how big is this? we don't want to downplay the gravity of this, but we don
steve centanni live in washington with the latest. >> the president hasn't made any statements yet about this. but his press secretary, jay carney, has, by putting out a paper statement on the president's behalf and without making any direct reference to that s & p action downgrading our credit rating, carney talked about the president's intentions. he said, quote, over the coming weeks, the president will strongly encourage the bipartisan fiscal committee, as well as all members of...